Nagaon, Oct 22: Amidst the joy of Durga Puja, the recovery of three bodies, including a newborn, from different places in Nagaon, has created a sensation in the district. Among those found dead was a member of the Koch Rajbongshi Students’ Union.
According to sources, on October 19, the body of a student leader, named Parashmoni Deka, was recovered from a pond in Saragaon area under Raha Police Station. It may be mentioned that Parashmoni Deka was the vice-president of the Raha Anchalik Committee of the Middle Assam Koch Rajbongshi Students’ Union.
It is not yet known under what circumstances the student leader’s body was recovered. However, some suspect that miscreants may have killed him and thrown his body into the pond. The Middle Assam Koch Rajbongshi Students’ Union has demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident and strict punishment for the culprits.
In a statement sent to the media today, president of the Union Paresh Chandra Deka and general secretary Ratul Kumar Rajbongshi mentioned that the former general secretary and present vice-president of the Raha Anchalik Committee, promising student leader Parashmoni Deka, had been missing since around 11 pm on October 18 last.
Family members and members of the union searched for him but could not trace him. But on October 19 last, some people going to the paddy field saw the student leader’s body floating in a pond.
The union has sought the intervention of the Chief Minister of Assam, demanding a high-level probe into the whole incident and exemplary punishment to the guilty after immediate identification. Raha police have already started investigation.
Meanwhile, on October 19 itself, the body of a person named Muksidul Haque was recovered at Bakultol under Samaguri Police Station.
According to information, Muksidul had gone fishing in a pond in the evening on October 18 last. His body was recovered in a pond at Gare Matikhuwa on October 19. Police recovered both the bodies and handed them over to their families after post-mortem.
On the other hand, yesterday morning, the body of a newborn baby was recovered on the roadside at Bishnu Nagar area in Nagaon town.